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Two major investors in Apple — one the California teachers pension plan — sent a letter over the weekend saying the tech giant needs to do more to protect the mental health of teens and children using their products.
President Trump signed an executive order Tuesday aimed at expanding mental-health care for transitioning veterans as they leave the military, in an effort to reduce suicides in a group that is considered particularly at risk.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Correctional Officer Scott Jones kissed his wife goodbye on July 8, 2011, and headed off to a maximum-security prison in the remote high desert of northeastern California. He never came home.
Jones' body was found a day later, along with a note explaining why the 36-year-old took his own life: "The job made me do it."
Federal health officials have suspended a program that helps thousands of professionals and community groups across the country find effective interventions for preventing and treating mental illness and substance use disorders.
The National Registry of Evidence-based Programs and Practices is housed within the Health and Human Services Department's Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration.
What does the child who can't say goodbye to a parent without breaking down have in common with the child who is cripplingly terrified of dogs and the one who gets a bad stomach ache reliably on Monday morning?
The potentially harmful effects of loneliness and social isolation on health and longevity, especially among older adults, are well established.
A lot of us must be wondering if we're hooked on our tech: Searches for "phone addiction" have risen steadily in the past five years, according to Google Trends, and "social media addiction" trails it closely.
Many of Ron Fleming's fellow soldiers have spent the past five decades trying to forget what they saw — and did — in Vietnam.
But Fleming, now 74, has spent most of that time trying to hold on to it. He's never been as proud as he was when he was 21.
Ten years have come and gone since the federal Mental Health Parity and Addictions Equity Act was passed. National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) fought long and hard for the rights outlined in this landmark legislation — covering mental health and addiction care at the same level as other health care.
Federal lawmakers on Wednesday said their legislative attempts to improve the nation's mental health care system is unfulfilled because of a lack of of funding.